Shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter.



PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904.

A. WILTSEY. SHIRT WAIST HOLDER AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ALVAH VVILTSEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,179, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed June 12,1903. Serial No. 161,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVAH WILTSEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shirt-Waist Holder and Skirt-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a device adapted to hold a shirt-waist or a dress-waist down and to simultaneously hold the skirt from sagging at the back portion of the waistband and to so construct the device that it will be simple and durable and capable of convenient and expeditious application and which may be worn without discomfort.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned which will be well adapted for the purpose intended and which while holding the waist and skirt in desired relation will not tend to lacerate or.

mar either part.

A further purpose of the invention is to improve upon the construction of a similar clevice for which application for patent was made by me December 31, 1902, Serial No. 137,319, and which was allowed April 13, 1903.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as willbe hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a rear elevation of the device applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner or front section of the device, and Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the device may be constructed from one piece of material.

The device is made in two sections-namely, a front or inner sectionA and a rear or outer section B. Preferably the ends a of the inner or front section A are reduced in width, as is shown in Fig. 3, and near the upper edge of the central portion of the said front or inner section Aa longitudinal opening 10 is made, and the metal displaced in producing such opening is carried horizontally outward or rearward from the top of the opening, forming a longitudinal horizontal lip 11 the length of the opening 10, as is shown in Fig. 3. Tapes 12 are attached to the ends a of the said forward or inner section A, and these tapes and the said section A constitute practically a belt adapted to be secured around the waist of the person using the device.

The outer or rear section B is preferably made of uniform width throughout, the width of the said outer or rear section B corresponding to the width of the opposing or inner section A at its central portion. The outer or rear section B is provided near its upper edge with a central and longitudinally located opening 13, and this opening 13 is so located that when the two sections A and B are brought together the lip 11, extending from the inner or forward section A, will freely pass'into and through the opening 13 in the outer or rear section B.

Below the opening 13 in the outer or rear section B a longer centrally and longitudinally located opening 14 is made, and the metal displaced in forming this latter opening 1 1 is carried rearwardly outward and upward from the bottom wall of-the opening 14., forming a longitudinal lower upwardly and outwardly extending lip 15, and in the upper edge of this lip teeth 16 are formed, more or less pointed, or the saidupper edge of the said lip 13 may be serrated or roughened; but preferably the teeth illustrated are employed.

Tapes 17 are attached to the ends of the outer or rear section B, and these tapes, together of the two sections A and B, the said sections being to that end provided with openings 19 to'receive the ends of said tape.

1n the Operation of the device the inner section A is secured at the central back portion of the person by means of the tapes 12, and the shirt-waist or dress-waist is then placed on the person, and the skirt of the shirt-waist at the back will extend down in engagement with the rear face of the inner or forward section A and below the lower edge of said section, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The section B is now placed in position at the back portion of the shirt or dress waist and is secured in position through its attached tapes 17, directly over the section A and as the tapes 17 are drawn tight the rear or outer section B will'be forced against the inner or forward section A, causing the lip 11 on the inner or forward section to force the material of the waist out through the upper opening 13 in the outer or rear section B, as is shown at 20 in Fig. 2, thus effectually preventing the shirt or dress waist from creeping up at the back. The dress-skirt is now placed upon the person and the waistband fastened in the customary manner. In tightening the waistband of the skirt the inner or forward face of the said waistband at the back will be brought into forcible engagement with the upwardly and outwardly extending toothed lips 15, as is shown in Fig. 2, whereby the skirt will be prevented from sagging at the back, and the waistband of the skirt will be held still more firmly in place by the toothed lip 15 when the customary or outer belt is worn.

The sections A and B are preferably made of light sheet metal; but any suitable material may be employed for the purpose.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 4 two sections A and B are used, corresponding to the sections A and B, above described. The inner or forward section A is also preferably provided with reduced ends a, and in these end portions (4 two transverse slots 21 and 22 are made, and the tape 23 designed to secure the said section in position on the person is threaded through the said slots 21 and 22, extending in engagement with the inner or forward face of the said section A between the inner end slots 21, so that under this construction of the device a single piece of tape may be employed to constitute the belt. This forward or inner section A is provided with an upper longitudinal opening 10, corresponding to the opening 10 described, and an outwardly or rearwardly extending horizontal lip 11 at the upper edge of the said opening, the same as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, but appearing in dotted lines. The outer or rear section B under this construction is of the same dimensions as the central portion of the inner or forward section A and 1s provided with an upper longitudinal opening 13, corresponding to the opening 13 in the section B, and a lower longitudinal opening 14, cor responding to the opening 14: in the section B, and from the bottom edge of this opening 14$ teeth 16 are made to extend rearwardly and upwardly to engage with the inner face of the waistband of a dress-skirt. The two sections A and B are connected by a downwardly-extending strap-section 24, comprising two members connected at their lower ends one with the other, their upper portions being connected to or made integral with the lower portions of the main sections A and B, and the section 24 corresponds to the tape or strap 18 hereinbefore mentioned. The operation of this form of the device is the same as that described in connection with the form illustrated in Fig. 1, except that the outer or rear section B is forced to a practical engagement with the inner or forward section A by the waistband of the skirt when the said band is fastened upon the person. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1 A shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter, comprising two sections adapted to have parallel position on the person, the forward or inner section being provided with a longitudinal rearwardly-extending horizontal lip and the outer or rear section being provided with a longitudinal opening adapted to receive the said lip, and with a lower longitudinal upwardly and rearwardly inclined toothed lip, for the purpose described.

2. A shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter, comprising two plate-sections adapted to have close parallel relation to each other, tapes connected with the said sections, whereby to hold the sections in position upon the person, a con nection between the lower edges of the platesections, a horizontal rearwardly-extending lip formed upon the outer or rear face of the inner or forward section, the rear or outer plate-section having a longitudinal opening therein to receive the said lip, and a series of longitudinal teeth carried upwardly and rearwardly from the lower portion of the outer plate-section for the purpose set forth.

3. In a shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter, the combination with an inner platesection having a longitudinal opening made therein, and the displaced material carried horizontally rearward and outward from the upper edge of the opening, forming a longitudinal lip, of a second outer plate-section having a longitudinal opening near its upper edge, adapted to receive the lip of the inner platesection, the said outer plate-section being further provided with a longitudinal lower opening, the displaced material being carried up wardly and rearwardly from the bottom edge of the opening, forming an inclined lip, and

teeth produced at the upper edge of the lat- In testimony whereofIhave signed my name ter lip, a. connection between the lower porto this specification in the presence of two sub- 10 tions of the two plate-sections, means subscribing witnesses.

stantially as described for securing the said 5 sections in place upon a person, and a hook ALVAH WILTSEY extending upwardly and rearwardly from the Witnesses: upper portion of the outer plate-section, for JAMES E. KEOUGH, the purpose set forth. J. ALLEN LATIMER. 

